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Former royal butler asks people to eat rice with knife and fork, irks tweeple
The post prompted people to share all kinds of comments.
When it is about eating rice, most people in the South Asian countries, including India, prefer to use their hands. Hence, it is no wonder that a post by a former butler to the British royals suggesting that one should not use hands or fingers to eat rice has left many irked.
Shared on the Twitter profile called The Royal Butler, the post has now led to an outrage on Twitter. Grant Harrold, the man behind the profile, whose bio says he was “Former Butler to Princes Charles, William and Harry”, invited Twitter’s wrath when he shared a post asking people to only use a knife and fork or chopsticks to eat rice. His post is complete with an image of an individual doing just that.
Take a look at what he tweeted:
Since being shared on March 6, the post has received tons of annoyed comments. Just like from this individual who wrote, “If your etiquette teaches you to make fun of someone's culture, then there is a need to improve your etiquette.” In reply, The Royal Butler tweeted:
An individual also conducted a poll while replying to the tweet and this is the result they received:
A few also shared images of people eating rice using their hand.
This individual explained why they like eating rice using their hand.
What are your thoughts on the tweet?
